News from 20 years ago

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Elmo’s Worth More Than a Tickle

Elmo’s Worth More Than a Tickle

Squeeze his furry red tummy and the new Tickle Me Elmo doll bursts into a fit of giggles. The incessant chuckling drives adults nuts, but come January a handful of parents will be laughing all the way to the bank.

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Stock Trend, or One-Day Wonder?

Stock Trend, or One-Day Wonder?

Will it last? The Fed’s surprise interest rate cut jerked the Dow out of the red and gave the Nasdaq a big kick in the butt. Tech stocks that barely dragged their sorry selves into the New Year were suddenly busting out all over.

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Iceland’s Genes Frozen in Time

Iceland’s Genes Frozen in Time

An Icelandic company that has drawn criticism for mining the medical information of the country’s citizens has found 350 genes linked to more than 40 common diseases.

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Unix Tick Tocks to a Billion

Unix Tick Tocks to a Billion

Early Sunday morning in Greenwich, England, the clock that keeps Universal Time will strike 01:46:40 — the 40th second of the 46th minute in the second hour of Sept. 9, 2001.

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